Butter-cutting machine.



L. GIVULINOVIGH.

BUTTER CUTTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED rmme, 1914.

1,1 1 1 ,373. Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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gnventot \vulmoviah L. GIVULINOVIGH.

BUTTER CUTTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28, 1914. l 1 1 1,373 Patented Sept 22, 1914.

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gnventoz "UMT D ST TES ATENT oEFIeE.

LAWRE N GIv- LmovIcH, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

- BUTTEB CUTTING ZMACHINE.

Tote-ll whom-it may concern:-

t known that I, Lawnnxcn GIVULINO- $Qattle,- ii1 the county of King andState Vashington, have invented eer'tain new an nseful Improvements inButter-Gutting kMaehins and Idohereby.deelarethe fol-.

loiyving to he "a. full,'--el ear, and exact tie-- ser'iptien of theinvent-ion, snchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains touna-ke and use the same.

'2 {Ellis invention relates to eutt-ersand is more particularly adaptedfor use-in hotels, restaurants, etcl, for Qntting bloelcs'of butter, andhas for one of its objects the .provision of :means for cutting butterinto blocks of army-desired size Another object of this inventionresidesin theprovision of means for maintaining =theeutting' members at:anyvdeslred degree tension.

the; provision of n'ieans n uniting theeutting pernbersfoi' prevent} I mseum; or iii-emergent thesame.

till further objeet' ofthis invention re sides'ih' theeons't-rnc't-ion'oftlie cutting them- 'andthemountingthereforwherebythe" I p may he readilyfatta'cih'ed or detached '5 each other,andat the sametrme tofurmsh he pl fo iision of means for inereasing ordecreasing the space between the parallel cutting members. 1

gure 1 IS a tu 'rplau-a'1e\v of-lnjy' device {front View ut the sani slunilltg theluiounb in; (It the handles thereonfm operating the saline;IX. 3 Is a top View Ufa part of the 50 fiitmt. portion of niylllevicewith one of the vren, a citizen oi the Unitedstates, residing I .an endelemtion,

line 44; of Fig. 1; Fig. 5' is;a-n end ele'v'a -tionof the same, takenonline -55 of Fig. .1, and, Fig. (3 is a fragnlientaryldetaiil Viewfurther objeet of thisf'in'vention, resides o r. vresilient-l ychannelhar- 3=is arranged th t'heinsertioh ofafg'reate-r number 'ofth'eI nether ohjeetof this invention, resides These and ntheriolijeets willmore fullyits complete fin-xu reauly for use, Fig. 2 is- Specificationornetters P Patented Sept.*22, 1914. a pncgu n filed February 28, 191 1.Serial No. 821,717.

channel lids rem'0ved,snow1n'gthe interior construction of the mountingof the butting members within the ehannel bars, Fig. i is partly insection, taken on illustrating the positions of adjustment oft-hecuttingmembers.

Like reference eharacters- .de parts through the several views of thedrawings, and reference being had'tothesame, 1 denotes the base havingmounted thereon the elevated platform 2, upon-whieh'the objeets to beout are-positioned.- At, the for-' ward portion of the base -1andarranged upon the same, is the -c -hannel bar 3, pro-j vided at eachof its ends with t-hejpost' 4. Upon the channel bar?! is n 'ounted aChane nel eover plate 5, the-ends of :whielia-re-cnt note fsimil'arawaytofermethe laps G for restinguponthgf top- 0f the post's-4:. p f Atthe:fre'nt ofthebase. 1='.i'sarranged tl 1e handle 8, 'andawalso uponthf front f-ofi'the' :handle .9, above and in proximity- Kiththeh:i;ndle' 8,'

these handles-being :desigried for'opereting. I

the cutting frame and 't he'baserel'atifiieito men us to r convenientlyrearryi ng the *dejvic'e,

one point to another.

. Arranged at the rear end oflthe Base 1 is also a similar channel bar10, provided with the end posts 1 l, and npon the"channel bar 10 isarranged a' similar channel 'coyfer plate 12,:1lso being eut'an'ziy; top'roi -ide laps-13 for engaging the mp of the posts rm retaining theplates 5 ti'pon -ehannel bar are thethumh nuts H passing through thelaps (3 of the cover 5 and engaging the vertically disposed internalscrew threads 14 of the post 6; The channel bar l0 and the rear portionof the base .1 are connected togetherthroligh the medium of the hinges15, and for retaining. the plate =12 upon the ha r 10 (hereut are thethumb screws 15','engaging the posts 11 of the ehanne'l-bar 10in a]similar manner as the plate 5 ls-retained on the channel bar 3.

. fixedly mounted upon the ends of the rods.

Arranged beneath the rods 16 and 17 are the similar rods 20 and 21,these rods being positioned in opposed relation to the rods 16 and 17the rods 20 and 21 being designed to engage transverse internal screwthreads 20' in the posts 11 of the bar 10 and -having their oppositeends rotatably mounted in the posts 4 of the bar 3, as shown at 21, andfor rotating the rods 20 and 21 are the thumb nuts 22 and 23, fixedlyconnected to the rods 20 and 21, respectively.

' Horizontally disposed within the device and extending from the channelbar 3 to the channel bar 10, are the parallel and equispaced cutters 25,and arranged transversely to the cutters 25 is the second cutter 26,arranged beneath the cutters 25 and having one of its ends fixedlyconnected to the plate 27 extending in vertical direction and having itsends embracing the rods 17 and 21, respectively. The opposite end of thecutter 26 being attached to the eye 28 of the 'bolt 29, the boltprojecting through the plate 30, similarly arranged upon the rods 16 and20 in the mannerof the plate 27, and

for controlling the tension of the cutter 26 is the thumb nut 31,engaging the threads ofthe bolt 29 at the outer side of the plate 30.Any desired number of cutters 26 may be used.

Arranged longitudinally within each of the bars 3 and 10 and extendinglongitudinally therein, is the rod 32, the ends of the same beingrotatably mounted within the respective posts of the bars, as at 32, seeFig. 3, one end of the bar 32 projecting outwardly through one of theposts of the channel bars and having fixedly secured thcreat the thumbnut 33 for rotating the same, and upon the opposite end of the rod 32are the screw threads 34, upon which is adapted to travel the adjustingnut 35.

Interposed between one of the posts of the channel bars and thetraveling nut 35 is the elongated coiled spring 36, the springsurrounding the rod 32, and to the coils are connected the cutters 25through the medium of the hooks 37 arranged at each of the ends of thecutters 25.

The operation of my device will be apparent from the followingadvantages herein eniimerated, it being obvious that when a print ofbutter, or other object to be cut, is placed upon platform 2, thecutting frame being thrown rcarwardly upon the hinges 15, it is onlynecessary to grasp the handle 9' of the cutting frame and pull the sameforwardly' and downwardly, whereb the cutters 25 and 26 will pass throngthe article until the samerest upon the upper surfaceof the platform 2,and after this operation it will not be necessary, unless desired, toreturn the cutting frame to its rearward position, as the blocks of thearticle cut may be removed readily therefrom.

The cutters 25 are resiliently mounted within the device, the ends ofthe same being attached to the coils of the springs 36, and any numberof these cutters may be used to meet the requirements of the user, andit is "clearly obvious that-by rotating the thumb nuts 18, 19, 22 and23, the adjusting rods 16, 17, 20 and 21 will cause the channel bar 3 tomove in the direction of the bar 10, which movement will cause thecutters 25 to sufficiently slacken in order that the hook ends 37 may bedetached from the coils of the spring 36 for removing the cutterstherefrom, or the operation may be reversed when it is desired to insertadditional cutters. -The space between the parallel cutters 25 is alsocontrolled by the rotation of the rod 32, which rotation will cause thetraveling nut 35 to move upon the threads of the rod 32, according tothe dircction of rotation of the rod. The respective travel of the nut35 controls the 100 space between the coils of the springs, andconsequently, the cutters 25 are brought closer together or furtherapart in accordance with the direction of travel of the traveling nut 35within the channel bars. The 105 tension of the cutters 25 is obviouslycontrolled by the rotation of the rods atthe sides of the device forconnecting the respective channel bars.

Having thus described my\ invention, 110 what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters-Patent of the United States is,

1. In a device of the class described, com prising a base, a platformarranged upon said base, a frame hingedly connected to 115 said base andsurrounding said platform, means for operating said frame, a series ofcutters supported within said frame, meansupon said frame for adjustingthe tension of said cutters, and means for yieldably 120 supporting saidcutters.

2. In a device of the class described, comprising a base, a platformarranged upon said base, a frame hingedly connected to said base andsurrounding said plat- 125 form, means for operating said frame.

a series of parallel and equi-spaced cut- In testimony whereof I havesigned my ters supported within said frame, means name to thisspecification in the presence of 10 uyon slaid frame for adjfustingltahe) 1tension two subscribing Witnesses. 0 sai cutters, means or yie ay sup- 1 rting said cutters, and means for adjust- LAVVRENCLGIVULINOVICH' mg the yieldably supporting means for de- \Vitnesses.termining the degree of space between said P. S. STREKEL, cutters.MARTIN METKovIoH.

